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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND, TUESDAY- EVENING, JULY 7. 1914.
T i r ivl I O M A 1 1 8tate WOuld alo take over the j verifying Its authenticity by , tele-
f' rlvl IL - '- v-f u waiuieiwuce oi ine roaa, reueviDg pnone or oinerwwi v
me county or farther cost. son to have drugs. in ma i)uBmuu
It is unlikely that the state without authority. The new law
would take over a 115,000 road. ' also makes it a misdemeanor for
"a tirtrxnitT kkw,hapeb
. PtOltier
Ihkohwow; eyl" isipt "tanOarj. sna
vr Honda mwiilii st Tbe Journal KattiV
iJTr" d and V.roMUMs I'ortlsnd.Or.
bsisrml at fb fiffli t lriiaoa. Or., lot
tAoaut.U,o IBruugB tbs satta .aecMS
Im bi attcr. ' "'- -
lfci-m-UU.Nttt Wain ma; Ht . --eo6l. All
Opartnanta raaobed br .ba Mmbers. TcU
tbe operator what department mo want.
"T . ...... . j . . . I liuilWVHI.Ail'rtlltf
k2a Hftb 4f.. Nw ici-1l.;
t.a Bid.. ''blrato. -
For that reason a $75,000 road
Is cheaper than a $15,000 road. ,
THE WICKED TRUST KILLS
kuiwmirttob " tarsus by malt" o . ,
' 4(aM a Mm tuitad State or Mexico: '
DAILY
Om Tar.t ti-uo I One month f 40
" SCSDAT
bM rtar $2.60 On moctk .1 M
DAILY AKD BUSDAT
.17.50 I One moDtb.......f .AS
One ar.l.
When You Go Away
Have The Journal sent to
your Summer address.
B-
Ti nt faith In something, and
enthusiasm for it, that makes
h life worth looking at.
Holmes.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR US?
HAT is there in it for
us?" -:
CABLEGRAM to the. New
York Journal of Commerce
from Manchester, ' England,
says: "The cotton cloth bus
iness at Manchester is the smallest
for years, and the market is very
irregular." . - '
Perhaps the bad cotton business
in England is due to the stubborn
ness of President Wilson in push
ing ; , his wicked anti-trust bills
through tbe American Congress.
The baneful influence of those bills
was. described, at its annual meet
ing by the Oregon Bankers' Asso
ciation, and their hurtfulness to
business has doubtless knocked the
life out of the English cotton
trade. i "
Or perhaps, the depressed Brit
ish business is due to the American
tariff, to the new American cur
rency bin, or to the income tax or
to President: Wilson's infamous
Mexican policy.
Anyway, the American Congress
ought to adjourn, and ; the presi
dent go on a vacation.. With the
bottom already out of the English
the department of correction to
confine persons arrested for viola
tion of the act with other pris
oners" .
New York is setting a pace which
other states should follow. The
drug habit is increasing at an
alarming rate. Its victims need to
be cared for, but their future can
not be assured until the source of
supply is closed. -
AS BROTHER, PRESIDENT
T
That is the tremen
dous inquiry President ; cotton trade, they ought to give
Witson asks, about the government the world a rest.
of the United States and about the 1
republic j of the . United States. He
submitted the question to his coun
trymen In a short but great speech
at Philadelphia July 4.
PEOPLE AND THE LAND
He stood with his hand on the
T
HE Chicago Post's .Washington
correspondent says there is
prospect of a congressional in
quiry into an alleged monop-
per net ton weight to the freight
rate pn these commodities.
The canal toll rate is $1.2b per
ship ton, which is 100 cubic feet
of space. A ton of copper occupies
only 18 cubic feet of Bpace, so that
approximately" five and one-half
tons of this metal can be i carried
in 100 cubic feet of space, i
Mr. Mansfield gives a list of 18
articles which will figure-largely
in shipments from British Colum
1.
A teW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
She wa4 standing on a chair on the
pier watching the racing. On a chair
behind were two
Freno h m e n. She
turned around and
aid:
"X hope I don't ob
struct your view?"
"Mademol selle."
quickly replied one,
K!o -1 1- ,u 1 I - . 3i 1 "lUtll JIIC.W mhj
;", Duunuis mo u wu irci luug i obstruction to the view
ton of 2240 pounds.: Among the
list are the, following: Lead, 9.6
cents;' copper, 21.6 cents;
- original
; by their
HE dispatches say Huerta's
family has fled Mexico, car
rying four million dollars In
drafts.
The $4,000,000 is part of the
loot Huerta has extorted in his
short military reign over the Mexi
cans. Before he assassinated Ma
dero and climbed over his corpse
to the , dictatorship, . Huerta was a
mere soldier, living by his salary.
As a ruler In a government rest
ing on the, power' of bullets and
bayonets, he sends four millions
along with hi3 family as part " of
his earnings for less than a year
and a half of rulership.
Nobody knows how or where he
got the money. We do know that
as president of the great republic,
Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield,
Grover Cleveland and William Mc
Kinley, Ulysses S. Grant and Ruth
erford B. Hayes went out of the
White House comparatively poor
men.
But in Mexico, it is with four
millions that we know of, as part
of his graft, that Huerta nears the
end. of an eighteen months' des
potism. It is the kind of plunder
ing the people that has given the
arable lands of Mexico into the
hands of 7000 persons, that has
made 15,000,000 landless Mexicans
trespassers in the land of their
birth and that has kept 85 per
cent of the Mexicans from ever
having a look In in regard to their
government.
It is such a man, capable of
such a plundering of Mexicans that
ingo Americans want our Ameri-
THE UNKNOWN WOMAN
table oni which- the Declaration of ;
Independence was signed. He was j oly f land in several states. It is
under. the -shadow of Independence an interesting development, and es
Hall itself, from which the great' pecially so at a time when a simi
exposltioin of the rights of man'lar problem confronts the , Mexi-
was promulgated. The . thirteen U T"
colonies were represented une-sevenm oi me acreage ui
governors. Many of the , California is said to be controlled
' great men of the nation were in j W two ownerships, i nree men are
the audience. sam lo noiQ ,zuu.uuu acres in
' Presidlent Wilson said: ' ' 'Florida. It is stated that half the
- Liberty doea not consist in merj i land in that state is in the hands
'general tfeclaratlons an to rights of of 182 men. A witness before the
.. man. It, consists in the translation ; hous committee on lands is re-
tion. Therefore, atanili.ig here where , ported as testifying tnat he owned
. It buslnieHs-like sentences., we ought. During the decade ending incan Presiaent to embrace and hail
1? , - iurM,VM'. w,mi .'" ' "M910 tenant farmers in the United f "lut"er
There'" nothing in it for ns unless ' States increased a little more than
k we can translate it into terms of our'je per cent. One-third of the-
own condition and of our own, lives. ,farm dwnera In 1910 had mort-
There j is nothing in the Declara-,, gaged farmg Tq te 1Q B 12QQ
-tion of Independence ' unless we tQ 191Q the actua, nuHlber of farms
can translate it into terms of our ,n the TjDited stateg increased onlj
own "condition and of our own 10 5 per cent whlle-tne country's
. lives," Bays the president j population increased in the same
He means to say that the worker ; period by dQuble that percentage;
'must be a. freeman, that the em- It ,B evident that tne land ques.
ploye idust be independent, that j tion s a 8erlous problem in some
; business; must have the right to !of the stateg and Ig becomiHg seri.
sell pr tuy in free markets, that oua in others The man wno would
there must be no orgamzatipn to put the soil at wdtk raising crop3
dominate) big Industry or little in-, and thus adding to the wealth of
dustry. that the producer must net ; the nation s finding it increasingly
, encounter fixed markets and con-1 dlf ficuU to Becure a farm- Many
trolled prices when he comes to sell j of theae men haye gmall capita
hia products, that the credit and and they are up agalnst the prop0.
money r the country must not bfe;eitlon of h, h prices for.the land
iuhu-uj 1..U D, End nlrn interp.st rates nn mnnov
A very estimable widow In Ger-
,int I "u.vwi, x-aiiBLueipaiaa is me roomer
41UV Of V, t 1 . V.
1 n A . a .o l r A r- 1 """" "uv-"
ttsuicui, ceuia, cum, o. o i trouble by reason of
cents; yellow pine lumber, 50.4 hi waywardness,
cents; wheat, 66.4 cents; oats, 84 'I1ani atrald" 8ald
cents; green hides, 42 cents, and tjli t'
Clay tiling, $1.20. I -that you are not firm
However, Mr. Mansfield says I enough with him."
these figures do not necessarily ," ta c?"trarjr.
.iCBek ui, ;.iwu viuiuuww gometlmei fear that I am much too
cuarge, ina,wjii oe maae Dy steam- harsh.
ship companies on account of canal i "indeed!"
tolls. V Every vessel carrying any Oh, I don t mean to say." the fond
of ,M . . . ' 1 mother hastened to explain, "that I
cargo at all which passes through! y,av. av a ,.mmarv
the waterway must pay the same j action, but I have talked to him a great
tolls as If it were fully loaded, the deal."
rharc-o hoino- mario n mo.oi I "And what haveyou said?"
, Zl "1, .T 7- , Z "Why, I have said. 'Richard! Rich-
A iii . Buiy usen ana nor. on ine ard!' and other severe things." Lippin
cargo. I cott
It is . estimated that thn ammint
added to the shipping rate on ac- ,vMr- Arnsbury, the superintendent of
, . the penitentiary, was escorting a party
count of canal tolls will be higher of women visitors through the build-
than the figures quoted. The ac- , i lng. They entered a
tual figures will not be known un
til the steamship lines begin quot
ing rates by way of the, canal.
Letters From the People
room where three
women were busily
sewing.
As they turned to
leave the room one of
the visitors said:
"What vicious look
ing creatures! What
. flMALl, CHAXOJS
Ltf without . hona iu like a house
without a roof. -
Most eeonle ira willinar to Aa their
duty as they see It.
It's a fortunat thine for anraa mn
that they never married.
In seekine? th1r lnvel Inta tst mon
have to slide down the hill.
Why is It that a biar man alwavs
takes a little woman seriously?
Strawberries come and strawberries
go, but the prune gota on forever.
WW
Some men would die vounsr if thev
were compelled to work for a living.
'The millennium, like moat erood
things, is In no hurry about showing
up.
e m
Except for their mistakes, a great
many men would never even be heard
of.
Unless a man has scored at leapt
one failure he is unable to appreciate
success.
The time for a man to marry is
to want him.
The gentleman with the cloven hoof
may trot with the gentleman who
has a cloven breath.
Kind words are never lost unless
a woman puts them In a letter and
gives it to her husband to mail.
We Imagine the angels smile when
they see a fisherman with a $25 outfit
yanking a two-inch sucker from the
water.
A politician may be able to pack a
convention all right, but when it
comes to packing a trunk he has to
turn the Job over to his wife.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Willamlna. Times report that
"lumbering has shown a decided Im
provement In the last two week and
contracts are now being secured by lo
cal' mills." .
'
"Mr. McKetchnle. Sumpters new sta
tion agent," says the Blue Mountain
American, "is a consistent town boost
er, particularly of our pure mountain
water, which he classes as the best
in the world." We stand ready to
back him up on the statement." ..:
-
Reporting progress with bis Sun
flower rluh. Kdltnr VflUIK. of the Co-
qullle Sentinel. Bays: 'The Kansans
are beginning to register and we have
about 40 names already. Ws're going
to hay, a firw orsra.nixa.tlon before fall.
It is not yet decided what will be
the character of our annual outing, but
It will be something wortn wnue.
-
Eugene Guard: With the Armory,
the new hiah school, the university
buildings and the residence construc
tion under way. It woald seem as if
Eugene was in for a prosperous sum
mer and talL Mr. Qano, of the Coffee
club, reported yesterday that he had
r.n nnniii'iiiinn, fnm emnlovers for
men and but six men were available
when' he"flnds a woman Silly ugh I r the places. Prosperity Is aimos
come in such abundance that we will
wonder if ever such a thing as a busi
ness depression existed.
a
Discussing the 'proposal to form a
new county from eastern Harney coun
ty and western Malheur, the Ontario
Argus says: "There can be no ques
tion about Malheur and Harney coun
ties being too large for economical
management, and it is only a question
of dividing them up to the best pos
sible advantage? The southern part
of the county will ask to be set aside
as soon as they have the requisite
amount of taxable property, so that
the western cut should be made with
the second cut In view."
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Ffed Lockley.
WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE?
From the Detroit News.
All the current diagnoses of the
T
HE body of a burglar, known
to the police as William
Griggs, who was killed by a
patrolman's bullet, lay un
claimed in an undertaker's morgue
at Los Angeles. It was being pre
pared for burial in the potter's
field. There came over the tele
phone in the soft voice of a wo
man these words:
. 1 4 1 . ......
(Communic.tlon. eent to The Journal for IkY "'Y , A, iuey 1 ,y "
Dobiication in thi. H.nrti.n, 11S I able of committing any crime."
ten on only one side of the num. should not I "Well," reDlied the suDerintendent.
exceed 300 Words In lnfffh .nd miwf 1 "vmi ci a a V.... -,v n.K.. v.v
,mi.i . . , .., . I J i ah tne currt
sender. It the writer does not deelrV to V31 18 my P"vat tting room, and business situation seem to seek for
have the name published, he should so state.) I ney are my wire and two daughters." I causes In political conditions. There
..m- . 'a. . ,i . warper s Magazine. fore most of the diagnoses fail in
smvvbuvu is irci tm oi n rerorm i . i . , ..
era. It rational! ferything It touches. It 1 tner 10&'C Decause tney are not sus-
rooa principles or au raise sanctity Ul ...vnv. a .a i lamea vy iu uiujiei ox itifc au
throws them back os their reasonableness. It """r" "T' . """t1 era of high prices can only be sus
mey nae no reasonableness, it ruthlessly l " " inarms ui. puniicai power a I tainerl hh Iotib- sa mnnev ia well dla-
cnifhes them out ot existence and sets up it. the wrong hands. -JIif ,j wi.rf ir
own conclusions In their stead." WooOrow Th- vfJn, r.rr,i.m- .,iolr,- tributed among the people. When It
wiuwn. i - . ' . o i tenag to concentrate in tne nana, oi
. conructing puDiic ana private rights in a UmJted number the buying power
The narf Rizht Paramount. I tne wharf area is one of the most nf thma vhn have, i-eriure their
Portland, July 7. To the Editor of acute witn which port authorities now available money to furnish this ac-
The Journal The wharf right is a 11,1 v 8 lo aeai- Jur Ports must do ae- cumulation for the few must be cor-
publio right attaching to the banks of ve,Peo- on nes that will defend us I respondingly impaired and their con
navigable waters up to the ordinary Jrom the successful rivalry of foreign 1 sumption must be reduced to the gen
high water mark. It is paramount to I oeeiiueni wubi u euuer erat aetnment oi Dusmess.
all Drivate rights in that area anrt with on Public or private lines. It can not
the ship's way. which must be keDtl"J"Y'' " '" lwu oppuane airecuons. io. railways or me country repre-
clear of wharves nr anv other nhtrne.- There is no question about which I sent a.-far larger aggregation of cap
tions. rontirte th irnohi- ri.r,- should give way. The prime excel- ital than any other Industry. They
ii tui -,i- kj I lence of public development is that it I are also the largest consumers of
up to the river Of the bank. I ls tne more comprehensive and subject j certain staple materials. Their list
Thi. i j k io cumvieie couram&uoD ana nysiem. i ciuuiucs uuiuucri suuut. ,-vw,vwu.
sovereign trustee of the rights of the "s shown by the San Francisco termi- which means that at least one person
people and is not conveyable or sub- S.T, "nZ"
w n uaYH fw. ilia iirw law. uul um v i v i -
maintain the old one handed down by J some sort. A much larger number
England In common to us and to Can- derive their support from railway
fla . . I earnings. There were izzi companies
Canada under the wholesome influ- liea Dy tne interstate Lommerce
e v.o. r -i .k. Commission in 1905 and 64 of the lar-
the same public easement In all navl- h " . v ' th T Z " ' v.. ger ones had 550,000 shareholders who
gable waters and the right to Improve mXained Bthat law. and wekn a" looked f or profits on their Investment.
ford to do no less. J. B. ZIEGLER. e ui -" . Ik"
aujy iiiiLiiciKcu iu xnv mLtricBi. v& iuq
shareholders. Some have been crlm-
holders cannot be in an exultant
mood over the condition of the prop
erty which ia the basis of their secur
ities. The Rock Island system ls
said to have been deluged with a
creation of $357,000,000 of watered
securities- The Frisco system, the
Fere Marquette; the Chicago & Alton
have been similarly treated with the
general result that a few scheming
promoters and financiers have ab
sorbed millions of money and many
thousands of investors have exchanged
their capital for securities of doubtful
value which may be swept away in
the .necessary squeezing to get the
systems back to a reasonable basis
of investment.
ject to private ownership or Interfere
ence.
Control to protect interstate and for
eign commerce and navigation is re
served in the federal constitution and
them accepted by the state as a con
dition of the several enabling acts.
A-no fluuiuiis uwucr may uts given at ft,- If w.it, TTonllo rAn.lAa siiareuuiaei a. duiiib unto uccu uiim-
license to improve, or the state may valKep "ecaus Memories. inaUy managed in the interest of
improve, or a subject municipality, Albany, Or., July 4. To the Editor predatory directors and financiers who
, - . .a. ia . of Th -TnnrnA 1 T hiv. rpnil with n o th.m ab th- h.,!. rf raplrlosa
LIZL ?2 . i.' on!!free from the public right, and the much interest your recent editorial, issues of securities in , the form of
commensurate with tnp atnniilnff nf . I I . . . . . . ,
. .. . ..... r, v shntrint, nvnc'o risrht aa cnrh la I SMTrrfi tl-a In Tlllnnla
xuust noit be overtaxed to protect
needed for buying and equipping
the property of the rich, that the j their farms.
legislative power of the govern-, secretary McAdoo eaya $500.
ment mnst not be used to make t 000 000 is jn natlonai banks avail.
one nianls business prosper at the a,)le tor farm ,oans But thig
expense of another man's work, j money ,s Jlot availab3e to the t
' fTD ?ci .thG g?unm? . , i ant farraer- the ian -to needs
United States must be at W ashing-; financal a8siBtance in acquiring
ton and not in Wall Street ; ownership of the soil he tills
They say no thought is new. ! Nothing but a svstem of rural cred
Rt ,the' fe D7 V: : its will be of material aid to him.
... L?.-wU...n, a..UCuv Throughout history the land
son translated the Declaration of q,lesUon ,,as ben fundamental. It
Independence as it has never been . ,H of ,,.,r!Ui,olint importance in the
.lnterpreted before. j United States. Thei nation's" pros-
'nsista that there must be ppr,tv depej,d8 upon gp!tt rarms
something In, the great document inlo thA hl)11!iK nf Mnia ui. .5,i
lui u! o.uu tvi uui cri jr uaj unr,
and that ia why he secured pas
sage of a tariff which endeavors
to prevent the taxing of one man's
work for the benefit of another
man's business, secured passage
of a currency bill which emanci
pates American money and credit
from Wbill Street control, secured
passage (of a bill for a just tax on
wealth for partial relief of poverty,
and is struggling for legislation to
; free Anierican industry, to liber-
r ate American workers, and
his family. They live In the East
but they do not know. I don't think
they ever , will know. Ha was a good
boy when I knew him and he should
have a decent burial. s
Later the unknown woman sent
a cashier's check to defray the ex
pense. So he, who was known as Griggs,
had a decent burial. In the dark
ened chapel of the undertaker a
funeral service was held but there
ire.
The New Haven road's 11.000 share-
Can any sort of political maneuver
ing accomplish worse results toward
the destruction of public confidence
or the discouragement of capital? Who
will answer? Such shifting on
money values Into the hands of the
few without any adequate compen
sation to the many must have a
blighting effect upon business. The
impairment of earning capacity in rail
ways and general retrenchment In rail
way purchases of materials and sup
plies, which is another ---consequence
of reckless exploitations has an even
greater and more direct effect upon
business.
Yet the loudest clamor is not for the
prevention of such business wrecking
Indulgences but against the Intention
of the government to prevent further
indulgence in such destructive prac
tices. It is too common practices to
treat remote symptoms instead ot the
disease, but in the present case the
protest seems to be against any treat
ment whatever because the patient hap
pens to be "big business."
I am wonder. I stocks arid bonds, thus creating cap!
cess to the navigable waterway, as ing what attitude Mrs. Duniway would I taljzation so large that the roads can
imoroved. -v.- i,,!..,. never hope to pay dividends under a
I ntsauauw w V- c Ur VllJSCll alllUUia. ; s . .J
tm. , n- .ctowi.v,. ,- I- l- a- . - . . I reaoonaoie rate Vi i
" awuj ak.w..ouvu ... v - i a l aceina id mo tnat lor uer to am
ter of the constitution and in the de- I consistent there, with her attitude
Ci en.erai1y f ,A,meLlcai1 COUJ t8- against prohibition here, she would
ASKS: IS YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER?
rtw- w.v ""- e"w , women oi Illinois or even tne limited
the port to regulate charges -on the suffrage they enjoy, and with which
railroad docks, I took occasion to an- I they put 1000 saloons out of business
nounce this principle of law and to I last spring. I cannot believe she
state that the railroad docks are a I would thus lend her Influence.
public utility operated upon a public I Her attitude m opposition to pro
was no one in the mourner's al-1 easement, and their claim of title to hibition for Oregon is saddening to Drintei recently by
cove, not even the unknown wo-1 b in act onlK a franchise which me. More than 40 years ago I advo- montnl DaDerro, it
m-r. r,i ti, mitc,.. w . (should be operated as a subject unit of cated her cause to secure woman suf- UKmtniy paper ior u
man, only the minister, the under
taker and his assistant and the
blind ballad singer, who closed the
service with "Nearer, Wf? God, to
Thee," were there.
By. John M. Oskison.
Sounds a good deal like the Joint
production of the undertaker and the
insurance solicitor I mean the piece
a bank's little
says:
use tbem.
TARIFF AND HIGH PRICES
C
AN ADA is furnishing illustra
tion of the relation between
protective tariff duties and
prices. Prices have advanced
under this year's tariff increases,
wholesale quotations on hails hav
ing gone, up 25 cents a keg.
, The duty on wire rods ut-ed in
the manufacture of nails was raised
to for the benefit of two Canadian
bring the government of tire United I tteel companies. A number of
States hack to the, ideals of those Ismail manufacturers had been able
the Dort terminal, instead of as an in- I frage and was a loyal subscriber to 'Have you tried to imagine just What
dependent unit in absolute control of a 1 her aggressive paper, "The New North- J condition would exist in your family
railway system. I west," which she so ably edited. 1 1 immediately afer your death, and have
General Chittenden said: "How is I met ner in our annual sessions of the you carefully proviaea ror tnat conai
that, neneral Ashton?" Oregon State Temperance Alliance," in tion?'
t Hirt not know the Hlrnf fieri am I which she was a prominent figure, am I But In the suggestions which fol
Who was the unknown woman Eentleman who arose and responded, quite certain I met her in Good Tern-1 low Is a heap of sound sense. For
who knew liim when he Was a ' and he disclaimed all knowledge of "ar luu ",a s,le w" uouoness re- instance, you ougnt to maae a point
j i - :...L. u trncnirpH that he or I member how, full 40 years ago, I stood 1 of kcerjins- vour wife (or some re-
oZp. frii.nn , Th T rlf Z was, attorney for the Northern Pacific h h. pulpit of the then spon6lb,e member of your family) fa-
only a friend? Like the burglar's ; ,.' nrt Ml.mtil,2 that rort. the Congregational church building at For- mmar with your system of personal
" ' i----o - I a 4- HroirA a r J r ---vl lion4 s-.A n 4-V. I ... . . . i .
coma. He has also been a candidate f1""" to be told when dividends are
for United States senator. Ur,. "5 l??" w "-'1tW Pajr'
He replied: "But his (my) statement " r. 7 T:: Z'V , i" nt; Bne ougnt to Know wner. your
f the law is absolutely correct. We "",, 1:. r,, Ba" deposit box is wnere you aeep
family in the East, the world does
not know. But if it or the family
should ever know, the spirit of
the unknown woman will be ! 0
nKenea to tnat or mm, who said to
the thief on the cross "Today shalt
thou be with me in Paradise."
USING THE MISSISSIPPI
patriotic colonials who .gave the
world its first .great declaration of
the rUhts of mamr . ' ,
is-1
CHEAPER IN THE END
W
i .
HY spend $75,000 to build
a road when you can build
Due ' for ' 115,000, asks a
Ilood River county voter,
In discussing the proposed . bond
issue byv that county to extend the
Columbia Highway.
The answer is, because iit is
cheaper la the long run.
.While! It may be true that a road
can . be j built for $15,000, experi
ence has demonstrated that -such
a road s a most expensive one for
the reason that, it cannot be built
for perrnanency.ahd will require al
most its original cost every year
for , maintenance. A great many
to import the rod they needed at
a price lower than that demanded
by the two companies. But the
increased duty on rods makes im
portations impossible, and the two
steel companies are able to dic
tate prices to the nail manufac
turers, who in turn are obliged .to
demand higher prices of the people.
It is estimated that the con
suming public of Canada will
have to pay annually $750,000
owing to the increased cost of
nans alone, and this amount is
only one item in the general ad
vance on necessities of life.
N
AN ANTI-DRUG LWV
E.W YORK'S anti- drug law
making a misdemeanor of
unauthorized possession of
habit forming drugs" went in
$15,0t0 roads have already, been ! to effect July 1. It is an enoch
built in Oregon and as a result the ' making enactment, indicating that
counties have very little : perma
nent rod, but lotsof maintenance
c In" roiad bnildjn'g the main con
;siderat!on Is the question of main
tenance The cost of up-keep Is
far more important than first cost,
especially oii trunk highways.
- in . tbe case ' of the Columbia
Hlghwar n Hood Riyer c6unty it
Is proposed to build a: ITS.OOO' road
that will remain for all' time with
a ' grade 1 and ; drainage that will
'meet the requirements of the state
highway commission. - It Is possi-
a . serious .problem is being given
thoughtful consideration
The law forbids physicians to is
sue prescriptions for drugs except
after a .physical examination and in,
the treatment of disease, injury or
deformity. The prescription must
be made out on official forms fur
nished by the state.- The doctor
must affix Ills name in full, his of-L
fice address, off ice' hours and. tele
phone number. J!e must give the
age and address of the person get
ting the prescription, with the date
.rn a partionl orohlhitionlst tV.mi.rh I "
carried a series of cases clear up to 1 m-al;-;u;Dos; ,hen was to e o tb .Key' wn?" "'.""f
j,.,.,j ". , . I to tnese matiero is aepi in oriet, jruu
the United States" Rimrem court and hi. . j i ' . .
the statement of the iaw just mad. Is rrneSto BtheTr ought to keep her aU
in periect accora witn me aecieion -we i cups. It was in too many Instances a
cror on., rnnr, is ina I rpmn rasa or I i 1 i n , ; v.
. mM, c I nuucica DUUKIIO a.aa UJC1U, Willi bv . . . . . .
-Rowihv if Rhiveiv in whlnh ' as 1 .,u . v.' ti i ment often meets the family after the
Brother Preston (attorney for the Fort were then no Keeley Institutes". With ot lta head simply because the
of Seattle) doubtless knows, the same I national prohibition we would have
doctrine was laid down." 1 but little if any need for them In I fourth and fifth citations. He says,
So. that ls how your humble cor- these days. I -ciaA commands Look not thou UDon
I respondent was Bqueiciieu, n inai ,ws iimui muuve iur mauuins Ior I the vine when it la red- when it alv-
THB transportation of freight
on the Mississippi river from
its headwaters to the Gulf
was resumed yesterday after . ..,. i . I u -r.,. ik Knf
twenty years suspension. A steel I authority from the adversary's camp, j they would as a class of voters oppose eth its color to tne cu"; wnn u oetn
("A prophet is not without honor ex-1 the liquor traffic; and plain results I down smoothly. My Bible says.
cept in his own country.") of their voting in Illinois and else- "When It moveth Itself aright. At the
That this principle of law instead of where has justified my expectations. I last it biteth like a serpent and sting
beine neglected, evaded and violated especially here in Oregon, and notably f cth like an adder." If he will take
mint he invokji to nrotert the rin-ht of I so in Salem, and they no doubt recent- I one eood drink of wine "when it aiv
Public development in port terminals lv gr-tly helped to make Coquille ctn jt8 color to the cup: when it mov-
ls one of the most urgently critical , , A. - . . ' 4 J eth itself aright." he will understand
economic questions of the times. I 1 am cherishing the belief that not the wlsdom of the Biblical Injunction
It has never been disputed in Can- "'" ",J 0",''L: .1 . . . "7 B..,?' aw the reason ior tne aaaer sung
head haa failed to make provision for
them between the time he dies and the
time the estate can be settled. This
time is apt to ""reach over several
months, and if there ls a will the
courts have to be consulted.
To meet this emergency it ls sug
gested that you take out a special life
insurance policy for 12000 or J300J
payable Immediately and directly ' to
your wife after your death.
You ought. If you want to keep your
house In fine order financially. ; to
keep In front of you the dates of all
renewteJa of fire insurance policies,
wheSher on your own property or
property on which you hold mort
gages. Tour fire policies, together
with plans and specifications of the
houses Insured, ought to be kept in a
safe deposit box.
Tou ought to let your wife know the
importance of having receipted tax
bills on your own property and iof
seeing them once a year on property
pledged to secure a loan from you. :
Only so, says this sound counsellor,
may you secure protection for your
family which will actually ' reach be
yond the grave. ,
i
l I IIP IXagUlllC IIIU3Q j
barge, one of several built for use
on the river. Js carrying 1000 tons
of Louisiana lumber from New Or
leans to St. Paul, and will make
the return trip with 1000 tons of
export flour and other commodities.
The initial trip of this barge ls
epoch making. If it fulfills the ex
pectations of its builders, the cost
of transporting freight will be re
duced to half a mill per ton mile
under existing unfavorable condi
tions, while the cost may be cut
down to one fourth or one eighth
of a mill per ton mile under favor
able conditions. The barge is
shaped to hold every possible kind
of freight, and it requires a crew
of only seven men all told.
The significance of the -reopening
of the Mississippi river as a
route for traffic lies in the fact
that - hard-headed, business men
have again come to appreciate the
commercial value of such a water
way: It is evidence. that freight
must eventually follow the lines
of least resistance. It ls proof that
the Columbia river must be used
if It accomplishes the purpose for
which nature designed itt -
ada. It is established in California. ? uref' ,ZZi ZJi, . M and serpent bite reference in the scrip-
partly so in Washington and in the L?' U and he won't be the least bit
ril I, iiuinn'i )iis aiiwrto tn JADwan-
' m i a a i i .t a4 -I i t
Air.r-in fMlinnn Annreriatlve aua loroius me giving wi urin
Astoria tltizens Appreciative. f mirBOII, narrvinar out an in-
PANAMA CANAIi CHARGES
hie thatJ such a roa'd will some day : of Issuance
be taken over by the state as a j J: It is unlawful for any person to
state highway. In thia event the J fill ; the prescription without first
"RITISH COLUMBIA, expects to
a benefit materially from the
Panama canal. That province
of Canada ships large Quanti
ties of copper and other minerals,
and Consul ' General t Mansfield at
Vancouver in Daily Consular and
Trade Reports gives figures indi
cating that canal toll charges may
add a comparatively .small amount
great and successful ports of New Or
leans and New York; and Baltimore
has invoked it to reinvest in the pub
lic its lost rights. It was from -the
Baltimore charter I got the suggestion
of the "Zlegler Amendment." forbid
ding vacations of streets about the
waterfront.
The public loss in these properties
is not to be laid at the ddor of the
law, but at that of treacherous of
ficials and maladministration. - To Il
lustrate, fills are now being made in
the Willamette river under cover of
the federal wharf line and a public
waiver in the port act, which converts
the wharf area into privately owned
upland, if the waiver is valid, which I
dispute. The port board claims the
administration of the state to be Vested
In them, which it is under this very
Important' and comprehensive restric
tion "for the promotion of commerce
and the development of the port." The
questton then arises: Are these fills
a promotion of the value of the 'port?
1 say, no! and In support call to wit
ness two conclusive facts, namely,' the
saVe of bonds to secure: $1,250,000, just
half the fund authorized for dock im
provements, to buy sites out of the
area being divestea oy tne port Doara,
In other words, "we have created one
board and placed a fund in its hands
Which It is using to divest that area
and we have created another board and
another fund to buy It back. : The other
fact is the proposition to resuppiyi the
conceded lack of harbor "area by the
purchase and dredging out of Swan Is
land.
To ca.ll these several procedures
mere maladministration is a useless
euphemism, and that no-on is prose
cuted for ' malfeasance is due to - the
Astoria, Or.. July . To the Editor farrlous practice common amonsr the
of The Journal As one citizen of As- rhaidMina of that dav. and haa abso-
toria, and on behalf of many other 1 intelv nothlnar to do "with the ordinary
people here when I have heard express j seiiinK or giving away of liquor. The
themselves in use manner, i wisn to nnlv wav that nrohibltiontsts can maka
thank The Journal for the fair and I nr th veme i bv irnnninr h
impartial publication . oi everytning jaBt clause of the sentence, just as Mr,
pertaining to tne common point rate I rurkee did. This changes the entire
to Astoria. (meaning' of the sentence, and to say
The journal nas none more to en- the least is an act of doubtful moral
lighten the general public on this sub- I ity.
jecttban any other paper, and whether I Prohibition is so absolutely at vari-
the suit is decided in our ravor or not, I ence with every thought and precept
I think every citizen owes it at least J of the Bible, so contrary to the ChrUl
a vote of thanks. I doctrine of reform from within, so op
I hope The Journal will not be led f nosed to the Lord's teachings, which
into a controversy over this Astoria were for individual responsibility, that
"wildcat: property, ior Astoria's ru-1 only the atheist can be a consistent
ture does not depend upon .the number I prohibitionist.
of wildcat lots sold. I , Let Mr. Durkee divide no more sen-
In conclusion, I will say. that 1 1 tences. and let him either explain away
know the people of Astoria feel very J those passages in the Btble which
kindly toward The Journal for enlight-i sanction the use of wine, accept my
ening the general public pertaining fo I explanation of tbe meaning of the two
the common point rate, ana I would" he cited in his letter, or say the iDi
not like The Journal to feel bitter contradicts itself, and end the cohtro
toward us because a few 'people up-i versy." I say, the Bible does not con-
noid tne principle or. selling useless I traaict itsen. ni aues ne say?
lots at large prices. . , A. S. RUTH-
GRANT TRULLINGER.
Mr. Garretson Explains.
Fighting With scripture Weapons. I Portland. Or, July 7. To the Editor
Portland, July 7. To the Editor of I of The Journal If Mr,, Goldapp had
The Journal Replying to a recent let- I more carefully reaf - vay article in ex-
ter by E. w. Durkee. published inJPlanation of Colos8s Il:lJie would
The Journal, I will Ignore his first 1 have observed tha t I used t he word
three quotations from ; the Bible, an I "misapplied,", and mot misquoted,"
they deal only with drunkenness, and . But even if th language of my
tout that there is no controversy. He j article justified tlie 'inference which
seems, however, to need light on his I be seems to have drfcwn It would make
Summer In Town.
Summer in the city
Geeminy, It's hot!
(Those resort banditti
Would take all I've got!)
Soot and noise and labor.
Want and woes and crime
Do you like it, neighbor?
Good old summertime!
'Btlll. there ls the trolley,
- Going to the beach.
Why be melancholy?
Let us go and teach
(On the sand reclinings)
Some fair maid to swim.
Afterward some dining.
If that be your whim. - "
'Lectrlc fans a-whlrring.
Service of the best.
Outside, motor purring.
Home, a bath, and restl
Summer in the city;
Gee! One almost melts!
But "how I do pity
People somewhere else! -
but little difference, except as to the
motive -Involved; for with the entire
verse quoted the text is still incom
plete, the sentence used by the apostle
being completed only in the seven
teenth verse. - The additional words
of the verse give no clearer meaning
to the words, "meat anA drink," and
we as frequently hear' tfretext erron
eously applied to the question of mod
ern Sunday' observances as In Justifi
cation of the drink habit. The real
explanation of the meaning of words
used in the text Is. found in the pre
ceding verses, and to which they are
related back by the conjunctive "there
fore." If, therefore, my statement of the
meaning of the text was correct. Mr.
Goldapp was wrong In applying it to
antl-prohlbltion, and . that was all 1
claimed in the first instance.
Let me suggest with reference , to
Habukkuk ii-15 and related veraes, to
which Mr. "Goldapp particularly, re
ferred,. that perhaps a feeling of deli
cacy rather than a. desire to misquote
or misconstrue may deter some writers
from quoting the language of the texts
in full. The new version, ' however,
makes these verses sligbtiy-more read
able. . - .3. G. GARRET80N.
After the fight at Black Jack in !
which my father with hi. little hni !
of free state men had defeated several 1
times our number of border ruffians,
we camped In an out of the way place
that could easily be defended.- said
baimon Brown of Montavllla. "Several
thousand pro-slavery men came over
from Jackson. PUtt. Clay. Sal in. and
Carroll eountiea In Missouri to drive
tn,".""8 raen out of Kansas.
The free state men were anxious
for a fight; they wanted to avenge
the burning of Lawrence, but the fed'
eral troops met the Missourians and
Induced them to retire. The captain
of the United States dragoons sent
a. messenger to my father asking for an
interview. My father went to his
camp and offered to turn over Pate
and his other prisoners re him. Colonel
Sumner had with him 160 dragoons.
With Marshal Donaldson he came to
our camp. Instead of arresting Pate
and his men. the federal officer had
uluuK"i aiarsnai jjonaldson with a
warrant to arrest my father. Colonel
Sumner ordered Donaldson to serve
the warrant. Donaldson looked around
nervously, fumbled in his pocket and
said. .'I have lost my warrant.' Sum
ner said. 'You are a liar and a coward,
for I saw you have that warrant a few
minutes ago. What did you mean by
getting, my help to arrest John Brown
if you have no warrant?" and then he
gave the marshal a tongue lashitia;.
Colonel Sumner released Pate and re
turned to him the horses and provi
sions that we had captured. About .
600 free state men had gathered to
resist the Invasion of the Missourlan.
When the Misaourians retired the ftce
state men scattered, and my father
and our little band went Into hiding.
''There were 10 of us, and all we had
to eat for two weeks was a sack of
bran with wild gooseberries sweetened
with New Orleans molasses. Captain
Wood's troops, as well as numerous
squads of border ruffians, were hunt
ing the whole country for uSi Colonel
Sumner told my father that if he had
to hunt for him and ever found him,
he would order his troops to fire higtf
so as not to hurt any of us. Colonel
Sumner, who was related to Senator
Sumner of Massachuaetts, was re
moved from his command for his
friendship for my father. The MUsou
rians who had agreed to disperse and
return to their homes, - failed to keep
their pledge, and scattered bands of
them committed many brutal outrages
and depredations.
"I was not in the battle of Osawa
tomie, as I had been shot in the arm
shortly after Colonel Sumner took Cap
tain Pate and our other prisoners
away from us. Part of Whitfield's
force of missionaries entered Osawa
tornie on June 7, 1856. There were
about 170 men under command .of a
man named Reld. Almost all of the
ftee state men were away from home.
The MiuBourians broke open the stores
and dwellings, pulled the rings from
the lingers and the earrings from the
ears of tho women, and after pillaging
the town, they set fiae to it and rode
away. r
"On July the free state legislature
was broken up by the command of the
federal executive. My father, after
the fourth of July, returned to Law
rence. The next few weeks in ICansaa
cannot be described. Women were out
raged, free state men were -shot In the
back, and araon and pillage reigned
supreme. In Auguat, General Lane
came back to Kansas by way of. Ne
braska territory. My father Joined
General Lane in Topeka early in Au
gust. He canie down to Lawrence. On
the twenty-sixth of Auguat, at what
is now called Battle Mound, near Osa
watomie, my father, with his little
force, and with- Captain Shore and
Preacher Steward iu all about 60 men
attacked a camp of t60 -of the south
ern marauders, killed some of them,
captured 13 prisoners with 100 gun
and three wagonloada of provisions ami
29 horses. On Hie thirtieth or August
word whs brought to father that Colo
nel Buford, with 400 or 5o0 Mlssouri
ans, was coming to burn Osawatomie.
Father, with 15 men, was SO miles
away. With his small force he hurried
with all speed to the defense of 0a
watomle. He camped just, south of
Adair's old homestead on the Pota
wattomle. lit was Joined here by s
young man by tha name of Captain
Cline, who had 'i or 15 free state
mon with ! i tn. father persUHite I
Cline to go with hini into the tlnilur
m-r tho Osase rlvt.r, just norm .of tne
town of usawatomie.
"At daybreak next morning they
started over the little ridge north tor
the tiniber along the lank on the
Osage. Buford's men halted shout lot)
feet from the. brush where they saw"
my father and his force disappear.
I'atfaer gave the order to fire. A score
of tho Missourians fell killed or
wounded, and the others broke In wild
disorder for the rear. Buford stopped
the panic by beating some of tne men
who were running away over tbe head
and shoulders with his sword. When
he had rallied them they got their can
non into action, but father told his .
little forte not to worry about the can
non, as it was harmless, but to keep
hammering away at the men. One of
Captain Ciiue's company, a man named
Powers, was killed, and one of father''
men, named Partridge, was also shot.
Captain Cliti-'a men, running out of
ammunition, retired across the Osage.
Thirty-two of the . Invading Mis
sourians were killed and more than SO 1
were wounded by my father's small
force. Tiiat fight put the fear of, God i
Into the hearts of the slavery men snd
stopped their extensive plans for In- ;
vading and conquering Kansas for
slavery. My brother, Frederick, wn
shot here by a preacher named White,
who boasted of having killed one Of
the Browns. It was always a dis
appointment to me that White was
killed before 1 had k chance at him. as .
I wanted to avenge ray brother's death.
He wan unarmed when White shot him,
snd walked toward White supposing ne
was a friend. The first warrants issued
against my father and'tba reat of us
were for talking In public places ;
against slavery under the Lecomptoi. j
act. This was a crime" punishable by j
death and Judge Cato was really re- j
sponsible for the death of the men
who were given the warrants to cap- j
ture us dead or alive. j
A Bad Case.
From Tb Sun."
Knlcker Is be deeply in love? "
Bocker Tea, he thinks all the girls
on the magazine covers look like her.
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